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Today's Observances: June 8-9

In a few days Vazrazhdane will send its first delegation to the European Parliament (EP) and will fight for at least 50 seats in the Bulgarian Parliament, party leader Kostadin Kostadinov said at the closing of the election campaign at a meeting with members and supporters in Sofia.

Speaking to journalists here on Friday, she said that the European Union needs stable and predictable politics, and not politics based on denial and hatred.

The Bulgarian Land Forces performed excellently in the multinational exercise Combined Resolve 24-02, which took place at the US base in Hohenfels, Germany, the Ministry of Defence said Friday

Balkan-Ukrainian defence industries forum was held in Plovdiv on Friday, the Defence Ministry said in a press release. The event was organized with the support of the Embassy of Ukraine in Bulgaria. It was part of the 16th International Defence Equipment and Services Exhibition "HEMUS 2024", which is taking place between June 5 and 8 at the International Fair in Plovdiv.

Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) launched a direct flight service from Baku to Sofia on Friday. The launch was marked with a water salute at a special ceremony. This service offers Bulgarian passengers a direct route to the capital of Azerbaijan. The

The merging of the National Customs Agency and the National Revenue Agency (NRA) is progressing as planned by the Finance Ministry, NRA Director Rumen Spetsov said in Veliko Tarnovo on Friday. The merging process includes joint meetings with representatives of both agencies, which are organized locally. In Spetsov's words, at this stage most issues are related to regulations, their jurisdiction and changes in legislation.

In the first quarter of 2024, the seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.4% in Bulgaria and by 0.3% in both the euro area and the EU, compared with the previous quarter, according to an estimate published by Eurostat.

A choir concert under the patronage of Shumen Regional Governor Prof. Dobromir Dobrev will be held on June 10 at the Great Basilica of Pliska. The concert will feature the Labyrinth chamber choir from Zajecar (Serbia) with conductor Zeljka Paunovic,

Yildiz Ibrahimova is a special guest of the concert "Balkanika", which will take place on June 12 in Bulgaria Hall. The event is part of the 55th edition of Sofia Music Weeks, the team of the international festival said

Sofia is hosting the 15th edition of an event titled Macedonian Literary Visit, which aims to make more popular in Bulgaria literature by authors from the Republic of North Macedonia and enhance cultural ties between the two countries, said North

The exhibition "Dechko Uzunov. 125 years since the birth of the artist" will be presented on June 11 at the Dechko Uzunov Gallery, a branch of the Sofia City Art Gallery. The exhibition is part of a project of the same name, the organizers said

Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Ivan Kondov conferred with Kosovo Ambassador to Bulgaria Haxhi Bajraktari, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release on Thursday.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 on the Richter scale was registered in the Turkish Adiyaman Province in Southeastern Anatolia at 1:37 pm on Thursday. The Adiyaman Province was one of the most affected and with many victims in the devastating earthquakes on February 6, 2023, reported TRT Haber.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 was registered on Wednesday in Hatay Province, Southern TurkiyeTurkish state TV TRT Haber reported.

The Operational Programme Human Resources Development has reached 1.245 million people in Bulgaria during the programming period 2014-2020, said Desislava Ushkolova, Head of the Programming and Contracting Department at the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy.